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Flateyjarbók
Sign in to saveAlso known as Flateyjarbok, The Flatey Book
thumb|300px|Illustrated page of Flateyjarbók, containing the end of Eiríks saga víðförla and the start of [[Ólafs saga Tryggvasonar.]]
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- Material used
- parchment
- Image
- Flateyjarbok Olaf Tryggvason.jpg
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- Commons category
- Flateyjarbók
- inception
- 1387-00-00
- language of work or name
- Old Norse
- publication date
- 1394-00-00
- exemplar of
- Norna-Gests þáttr
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thumb|300px|Illustrated page of Flateyjarbók, containing the end of Eiríks saga víðförla and the start of [[Ólafs saga Tryggvasonar.]]
Flateyjarbók (; "Book of Flatey") is an important medieval Icelandic manuscript. It is also known as GkS 1005 fol. and by the Latin name Codex Flateyensis. It was commissioned by the knight and lawspeaker, Jón Hákonarson, and produced by the priests and scribes Jón Þórðarson and Magnús Þórhallsson.
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